- Exploring Antigua -

Antigua is the largest of the British Leeward Islands-14 miles long by 11 miles wide. Its coastline is irregular, with hundreds of small coves and bays, yielding more than 365 excellent sugar-sand beaches.

Antigua is rich in history. At one time, more than 150 18th-century sugar mills dotted the island. Almost 100 of these historical stone towers still stand today. The evocative historical district of English Harbour offers the fully restored Horatio Nelson’s Dockyard, the only Georgian dockyard in the world.

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